[madnak]

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I am familiar with the atheist position

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You aren't. You've required sources to believe what I said about things like the Midianites (again, bread and butter for the atheist, about as basic as Noah's flood is for Christians). You also apparently haven't anticipated any of my examples, and you don't seem to be anticipating the examples I'm about to bring up (txag knows, I guarantee it - one thing he's good at is pre-empting us, heading us off at the pass. Because he's argued with atheists often enough he knows our position and how we proceed).

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on Christianity. And the Muslim position, and the Jewish position, and the Buddhist position,

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Are you really?

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and the academic position and maybe even the protestant position. No, I'm not an expert. But I'm familiar. Nice try though.

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Not buying it.

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So, you seem to know a lot about my education. You must AT LEAST know what specific school I went to. I won't insult your intelligence by asking you to confirm the name of the school.... I mean, you HAVE to know right? I mean, if you don't, you DO know that not every school has the exact same education right??

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Every school has a biased education, and the Catholic Church is an organized entity. Is it possible a Catholic school would allow Russell's works or Nietzsche's? I guess it's not impossible, I'll grant you that. Improbable though. There are some Catholic schools where reading Nietzsche is enough to get you punished, and that's a step up from some of the older Catholic schools. They don't have a good rep.

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Also, you seem to know a lot about what I've read on religion outside of Catholic school. In particular, you seem to conclude that I've read nothing. May I ask how you know my reading habits?

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I can make inferences based on where you place your emphasis, how you respond in conversations, and your reactions to the different passages.

You can prove me wrong by citing some atheist philosophers you've read. I guess it's possible you've simply been exposed to more depth than breadth. Prove me wrong.

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The statement that Jesus was somehow an advocate of violence is just complete and utter nonsense. This is true in a Christian, Muslim, Judaic, Hindu, academic, and historical sense.

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Then why have so many said otherwise? Are you aware of the history, for example, of the Crusades and the Inquisition? Were they all "complete loons" back then?